Teen Detonates Bullet

DIGEST

January 31, 1996|Staff Report

A teen tried to detonate a bullet while holding it with Vise Grips and firing a BB gun at it on Tuesday, Broward sheriff's deputies said. The boy was successful.

Lenny Tillman, 16, was in the front yard of his home in the 2800 block of Northwest Eighth Court near Fort Lauderdale at 11:56 a.m. when he tried the "unique experiment," sheriff's spokesman Ott Cefkin said. The teen, a high-school dropout, ended up with bullet fragments in the left side of his neck. Bleeding, he ran inside the house and dialed 911. His mother was not home.

Paramedics took Tillman to Broward General Medical Center, where he was listed in fair condition after having surgery at the hospital.